Blanket on floor = shake it off before putting on baby. maybe trigger?

So I was at my sisters house yesterday and we live in phoenix, land of the creepy crawlers and desert bugs. My sister is a clean freak but no matter how clean you are creepy crawlies still get in, ds was sleeping on her couch and his blanket fell off - well I picked it up and shook it and as I was shaking it a scorpion came flying off of it and bounced on the floor and took of running. Scrared the bajebus out of me, me
alone am very highly alallergic to these damn things to the point I have to carry an epi pen around. Watch the blankets!

Scorpions go on my "s" list of things I despise. He others are sharks snakes and spiders. Luckily in NY I really just run into spiders. But if that happened to me with scorpions I'd probably hyperventilate.

I live in a SoCal desert... apparently they are here but I haven't seen one.But there are tons of fricking crickets! Gross! At least they don't sting. There are also black widows in the summer. Be careful for your kids and babies! They are more toxic to them than us.

I detest creepy crawlies. I suppose I'm "lucky" that the only things we have found in our apartments are ants (there isn't a proper seal on the door so they come in). Our complex hires someone to spray for the spiders every 6 months.

That happened to me with a burp cloth right after lo was born!! I live in Tx and we have scorpions too. I had all of lo's burp cloths in a wicker basket by my glider in his room. I was bf him and reached down and grabbed a burp cloth and as soon as it unfolded I saw brown and KNEW! I threw it and yelled for my DH to come kill it!! I am so paranoid with all of his blankets now.